The Atlas takes a big look at some small buildings
New Editors' Focus feature lays bare the most diminutive buildings on the site
![Low Cost House - Vo Trong Nghia](/resource/low-cost-house.jpg)
Nick Lander spills the (French) beans in Edinburgh
Author of new eBook The Art of the Restaurateur set to lift lid on the restaurant business at Talking Food event
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The Insider's Guide to Berlin
Designers Philipp Schöpfer and Daniel Klapsing on the city's secrets from our downloadable Wallpaper* guide
![Designers Philipp Schöpfer (left) and Daniel Klapsing](/resource/ber-insider.jpg)
Ed Ruscha’s LA Film Festival poster
The Los Angeles pop artist creates a 20th anniversary poster for his local film festival, based on a 1962 work
![Detail from Ed Ruscha's 2014 poster for the LA Film Festival](/resource/laruschafilmposter-lead.jpg)
Take a look at the RCA’s Secret Postcard sale
£50 works by big names (as well as plenty of unknowns) go on show in London
![A Gerhard Richter card from the 2009 sale](/resource/richterpostcard-rca2009.jpg)
Mugaritz in Chicago – some tickets still left!
Join world-renowned Spanish chef Andoni Luis Aduriz during a rare visit to Chicago this Sunday
![Andoni Luiz Aduriz, head chef of Mugaritz, will host a lunch Q&A in Chicago this Sunday](/resource/andoni-2012best.jpg)
Smiljan Radic creates 2014 Serpentine Pavilion
White, translucent and made of fibreglass The 48-year-old Chilean's plans for the summer pavilion are unveiled
![Smiljan Radic's plans for the 2014 Serpentine Pavilion](/resource/6-external-620x414.jpg)
Vitsœ reissues Dieter Rams’ noble plastic side table
Originally produced in 1962, the high end furniture brand has revived the occasional table, adding adjustable feet
![Dieter Rams' 621 plastic table, recently reissued by Vitsœ](/resource/dieter-rams-621-side-table-by-vitsoe-2-620x561.jpg)
LAPD opens its archives for Paris Photo
Most famous police department on earth gets its mug shot in the second edition of Paris Photo Los Angeles
![Bank robbery note, 1965. © LAPD, Image courtesy of Fototeka](/resource/stick-up-620x475.jpg)
The World We Made style hybrid air vehicle unveiled
Airlander can take-off and land on any surface, emits few greenhouse gases and can stay airborne for 5 days
![The Airlander](/resource/airlandersnow.jpg)
Daniel Gordon wins the Paul Huf Award
The 33-year-old American photographer wins the young photographers award, for his still-life collages
![Ratatouille and Smoke Bush, 2014 © Daniel Gordon. Courtesy of the artist and Wallspace, New York](/resource/620-iiratatouille-and-smoke-bush-2014-c-daniel-gordon.jpg)
When product design meets political resistance
From Suffragette teapots to protest robots, the V&A's Disobedient Objects examines the role of making in rebellion
![Inflatable cobblestone, action of Eclectic Electric Collective in co-operation with Enmedio collective during the General Strike in Barcelona, 2012. © Oriana Elicabe/ Enmedio.info](/resource/3-inflatable-cobblestone-1.jpg)
Understanding Alice Aycock's Park Ave. Paper Chase
The artist says her new series of artworks are "the metaphorical visual residue of the energy of New York City"
![An accompanying, limited-edition print for Park Avenue Paper Chase (2014) by Alice Aycock](/resource/parkaveprint-lead.jpg)
First building in new district is a concrete church
Nameless Architecture eschews the usual shopping centre or office block for something more spiritual in Korea
![RW Concrete Church, Byeollae, South Korea - Nameless Architecture](/resource/namelessarchitectureconcretechurch.jpg)
Ferran Adrià on the road (and in the air)
A short report from the first few days of the Spanish super chef's US tour
![Peter Tittiger, Sofia Perez, Ferran and associate Gisela Rosell](/resource/ferranseaplane2.jpg)
Sou Fujimoto's tree-inspired apartment building
The Japanese architect's Arbre Blanc brings outdoor high rise living to a rejuvenated Montpelier
![Sou Fujimoto's Arbre Blanc](/resource/arbreblanc-lead.jpg)
Martin Parr on Paris, pants and photobooks
To mark his Paris show, the photographer reveals his personal likes and dislikes to France's Le Figaro newspaper
![Paris, 2012 by Martin Parr](/resource/martinparr-paris2012.jpg)
How to read Bruce Nauman's works on paper
A new show in Toronto examines how the innovative artist explored the breakdown of printed language
![Raw War (1971) by Bruce Nauman](/resource/raw-war-1971.jpg)
Why Nan Goldin focused on children in her new book
In an accompanying essay the Italian writer Guido Costa offers insight into the inspiration behind Eden and After
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Chapmans, Micallef and Collishaw search for God
The Stations of the Cross shows contemporary works themed around the Passion of Christ throughout Lent 2014
![Exit Jesus (2014) by Nancy Fouts](/resource/exitnancyfouts.jpg)
Italy V ArmaLite over use of Michelangelo's David
"The image of David, armed, offends and infringes the law" says government's culture minister
![ArmaLite's offending advert for the AR-50A1](/resource/michelangeloarmalite.jpg)
Wolfgang Tillmans' cosmic worldview
The German photographer explains how an early love of stargazing informed his wide-ranging world view
![Icestorm (2001) by Wolfgang Tillmans](/resource/icestorm-2001-bywolfgangtillmans.jpg)
Time magazine captures One World Trade
The magazine greets New York's magnificent new skyscaper with an equally impressive photo shoot and video
![Jonathan Woods' summit image crowns Time's One World Trade Center feature](/resource/2014-03-topofam-620x425.jpg)
Win a Ferran Adrià-inspired dinner party
Yes you read that right - Phaidon, Williams-Sonoma and Kitchit have your next modernist dinner party sorted
![Kevin Meehan, Ryan Baker, Kevin Lasko and Richie Farina](/resource/williamsonoma-chefs.jpg)
Morphosis brings a touch of New York to Los Angeles
Emerson College evokes concentrated energy of East-coast metropolitan centers in an iconic LA setting
![Emerson College Los Angeles - Morphosis photo by Iwan Baan](/resource/ela-emerson-ma-1699-cc-ib-1-l.jpg)
Martin Parr's Acropolis Now
The photographer collates his water-damaged prints of Greek ruins into a new online series
![Water damaged prints from Martin Parr’s 1991 shoot in Athens, Greece.](/resource/acropolisnow-1-620x500.jpg)
John Baldessari reflects on his favourite things
A Goya etching, a picture by Sol LeWitt and a yodelling pickle from Damien Hirst are among most treasured items
![John Baldessari](/resource/john-baldessari1.jpg)
Obrist and Herzog & de Meuron disrupt the Biennale
The Swiss curator and architectural duo present a 'mental universe' dedicated to two influential dreamers
![Fun Palace plans (c. 1961) - Cedric Price](/resource/fun-palace-cedric-price.jpg)
Kengo Kuma's cake shop opens in Tokyo
Known for using unexpected materials on his facades, the architect looks to tradition for Sunny Hills cake shop
![Sunny Hills cake shop, Tokyo - Kengo Kuma](/resource/kengohillssunnykuma.jpg)
Homes of the starchitects recreated in Milan
Zaha Hadid joins Daniel Libeskind and Shigeru Ban in allowing their homes go on show at the design fair
![Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas's home. Photo by Aki Furudate. Courtesy of Where Architects Live](/resource/fuksas-aki-furudate.jpg)
Wolverine debut artwork up for auction
A Marvel comic recently sold for over a million dollars, could this original Wolverine artwork top that figure?
![The Wolverine - Herb Trimpe](/resource/wolverine-trimpe.jpg)
Turkey's highly entertaining TV tower
Çanakkale Antenna Tower combines broadcast functionality with day trip opportunities
![Çanakkale Antenna Tower by IND and the Powerhouse Company](/resource/turkeytower-lead.jpg)
Nan Goldin's grand master flash
Scopophilia exhibition pairs the artist's photographs with works from the Louvre's collection
![Swan-like embrace, Paris (2010) by Nan Goldin](/resource/nan-goldin-scopophilia-the-swanlike-embrace.jpg)
Paul Rand's C logo gets a new lease of life in Indiana
Graphic designer's 1973 logo for the Indiana Visitors Center finds a modern role in the city
![Paul Rand's C reborn as cycle rack](/resource/paulrandcyclerack5.jpg)
The Armory Show looks to the East
New York's biggest art fair seeks to undercut the curatorial clichés with a deeper look at works from China
![Under Heaven (2014) by Xu Zhen](/resource/underheaven-2014.jpg)
Slovenians land futuristic stadium design in Belarus
Aluminium clad 'spotty stadium' by OFIS Arhitekti majors on acoustics - let's hope the supporters' voices are up to it
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Massimo Bottura wins 'Nobel Prize of gastronomy'
Italian chef wins prestigious Swedish White Award for his renewal of one of the world's best-loved cuisines
![Massimo Bottura by Paolo Terzi](/resource/massimo-bottura-by-paolo-terzi.jpg)
The Rauschenberg Foundation distributes later works
MoMA, the Met and others benefit from the foundation's Gift/Purchase Program, placing later works with museums
![Gull (Jammer), 1976 by Robert Rauschenberg](/resource/gull-jammer.jpg)
Beatrice Galilee lands curator role at the Met
Lisbon Triennale and occasional Phaidon contributor takes up new position as curator of architecture and design
![Beatrice Galilee, the Met's new curator of architecture and design](/resource/high-beatrice-galileeclyntonpepper.jpg)
Why Joseph Beuys and his dead hare live on
New Phaidon Focus book looks (among other things) at the importance of his mysterious 1965 performance
![Beuys during his Action How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt), Schelma Gallery, Dusseldorf, 26 November 1965](/resource/beuys-hare-gallery.jpg)
Iconic street art goes on show in NY
Archive unearths sketches, paintings and photos of early works by Keith Haring, Futura 2000 and Lady Pink
![Howard the Duck, 1988 - Lee Quiñones, Museum of the City of New York, gift of Martin Wong](/resource/city-as-canvas2.jpg)
Wes Anderson's Flemish painting inspiration
How the director's new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel was, in part, inspired by Phaidon books
![Jason Schwartzman and Jude Law, in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel](/resource/anderson-hotel-apple.jpg)
Pompidou shows paparazzi shots alongside fine art
Centre Pompidou-Metz hangs pap shots alongside Warhol to examine our relationship with news and gossip
![Mick Jagger and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hôtel du Cap, Antibes, 1990 by Jean Pigozzi](/resource/pigozzi-jean-mick-jagger-et-arnold-schwarzenegger-620x412.jpg)
Stephen Shore's travels through Israel
In From Galilee to the Negev the photographer presents an impartial portrait of Israel and the West Bank
![Tel Aviv, June 17, 2010 by Stephen Shore, as reproduced in From Galilee to the Negev](/resource/069-tel-aviv.jpg)
If only every in-flight safety message was this good
Fasten your seatbelts! Art & Graft dispel traditional passenger apathy with snappy pre-flight safety movie
![A scene from Trip - Art & Graft for Virgin Atlantic](/resource/artandgraftmovie.jpg)
Joel Meyerowitz at street photography screening
The New York street photographer joins director Cheryl Dunn for a special screening of Everybody Street
![New York, 1963 by Joel Meyerowitz](/resource/new-york-city-1963.jpg)
Piero Golia's models, monuments and sculptures
LA-based Italian artist who sat up a tree until someone purchased his art, sailed to Albania 'the wrong way', tattooed his face on a woman's back and disappeared for weeks has a show of new work at Paris Gagosian
![Studio (4/13/2013) 2013 - Piero Golia Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery](/resource/pierogolia.jpg)
VIP tickets for Ferran Adrià's tour are going fast!
You need to hurry if you want to meet the great man and get your copy of elBulli 2005-2011 signed in the flesh
![Ferran Adrià - do not seat him near a 'closetalker'](/resource/ferranadria.jpg)
Do Ho Suh takes to the beach in Perth
Hidden gems from the Korean artist, William Kentridge and Jeremy Deller intrigue at Perth Art Festival
![Net-Work (Perth) - Do Ho Suh](/resource/dohoyetagain.jpg)
Thomas Heatherwick's African art museum
V&A Waterfront unveils architectural plans by Heatherwick Studio for historic Cape Town Grain Silo Complex
![Zeitz MOCAA - Thomas Heatherwick Studio](/resource/thomasheatherwickmuseumcapetownpic1.jpg)
Harvey Quaytman and social justice
Andrew Russeth, the editor of GalleryistNY, highlights his favourite passage from our new Quaytman book
![For Sonia Delaunay (1991) - Harvey Quaytman](/resource/110-for-sonia-delauney-lead.jpg)
Phaidon photographers' holiday tips
Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, Sally Mann and Joel Meyerowitz tell The New York Times where they like to unwind
![Guido on the Dock, Venice 1998, by Nan Goldin](/resource/nan-goldin-venice.jpg)
Steve McCurry's Children of the OMO photographs
Magnum photographer publishes his photographs to bring attention to ritual killing of mingi children
![Steve McCurry with members of the Surma tribe Copyright: Steve McCurry](/resource/steveomo.jpg)
The sketches that became a furniture collection
South Korean designer Jin-il Park liked his early pencil strokes so much, he built a real life furniture series
![Jin-il Park's Drawing series](/resource/drawing-lead.jpg)
Why the cross was so important to Harvey Quaytman
Impressed by Kazimir Malevich's 'spirituality' Quaytman believed minimalism had become too 'materialist'
![Redwing 1997 - Harvey Quaytman](/resource/harvey5.jpg)
Reworking Mies van der Rohe's only public library
Mecanoo and Martinez + Johnson will modernise Washington DC's Martin Luther King Memorial Library
![Mecanoo and Martinez + Johnson's plans for Washington DC's MLK Library](/resource/mlk-mecanoo-lead.jpg)
How Geoff Mcfetridge created the graphics for Her
The designer drew from Massimo Vignelli's subway map when coming up with a look for Spike Jonze's movie
![Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) stares into a Mcfetridge creation in Her (2014)](/resource/her-screen-still.jpg)
Daniella Zalcman's photographic tale of two cities
Vanity Fair contributor's new work is a love letter to New York and London - shot and edited entirely on her iPhone
![New York + London - Daniella Zalcman © Daniella Zalcman](/resource/londonnewyork1.jpg)
BIG and Kuma shortlisted for Netherlands arts hub
The ArtA art and cinema centre in Arnhem has narrowed its architectural submissions to a final four candidates
![BIG's plans for ArtA](/resource/arta-big-lead.jpg)
Finding photographic beauty in rubbish
Diane Gatterdam and Laurie Frankel's artfully styled still lifes highlight our wasteful habits
![From Recycled Beauty by Laurie Frankel and Diane Gatterdam](/resource/laurie-frankel-recycled-beauty-solar-batteries-yellowtrace-620x419.jpg)
Chris Martin's homage to Isaac Hayes
He describes his inspiration as “an unconscious practice of drawing” in new Phaidon book
![Seven pointed star for Isaac Hayes (2008) - Chris Martin](/resource/abstraction1.jpg)
The Mexican design museum's concrete jungle home
Zeller & Moye's new home for Mexico City's Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura has terraces jutting out into the trees
![Zeller & Moye's plans for Mexico City's Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura](/resource/zellermoye1.jpg)
Stuart Hall on Samuel Fosso
To mark the cultural theorist's recent death, we look back at Different - Hall's book on marginalized photographers
![Self-portrait (1976) by Samuel Fosso](/resource/samuelfosso1-lead.jpg)
Yoga mat smoothie, anyone?
Well, how about flip-flops and patchouli oil? Artist Josh Kline makes the most tasteful, foul-tasting health drinks
![Café Gratitude, (2012) Josh Kline; from ‘Public Relations’ at Night Gallery, Los Angeles.](/resource/joshkline-cafegratitude-jpg-620x583.jpg)
Nendo reinvents the chopstick
The 4000-year-old eating implement is given a contemporary twist by the world-renowned design agency
![Nendo's chopsticks for Rassen](/resource/chopsticks3-620x414.jpg)
When colour brings structure
As architecture they would be unbuildable; as music, they would be unplayable, so why are these paintings a joy?
![Bedroom Set (2005) by Joanne Greenbaum](/resource/bedroom-set-2005-620x498.jpg)
Architects plan a car park with a courtyard on top
UK practice Brisac Gonzalez have designed a multi-storey car park for Bordeaux with apartments on the roof
![Brisac Gonzalez carpark plans for Bordeaux](/resource/bordeauxcarpark2-620x498.jpg)
Harvey Quaytman's intellectual scavenging
Calligraphy, poetry and Islamic design all found their way into this artist’s work. Just don’t expect too much green
![Miller's Delight (1992) by Harvey Quaytman](/resource/millersdelight-620x618.jpg)
Can you spot the clones in these landscapes?
Landscape photographer Mathieu Bernard-Reymond’s populates his images with digitally manipulated doubles
![From Intervalles by Mathieu Bernard-Reymond](/resource/intervalles-080-620x400.jpg)
Pentagram rebrand the Tonight Show
The design agency keeps the moon detailing when updating the long-running talk show’s graphics
![The new Tonight Show identity by Pentagram](/resource/tonighshow-lead-jpg.jpg)
Abstract painting from the age of the image search
How do online searches inform abstract painting? Quite directly, in the case of the American artist David Ratcliff
![Lake (2007) by David Ratcliff](/resource/lake-675-450.jpg)
Zaha and co. rethink the drinking fountain
A group of London architects have come up with their versions of the water fountains for the capital
![Zaha Hadid Architects' water kiosk](/resource/hadidkiosk-620x398.jpg)
When fine art meets family portraits
Nan Goldin and Thomas Struth feature in Family Matters, a new exhibition that looks at changing family relations
![Hayley Coles, June 17th, 2006 by Trish Morrissey](/resource/morrissey-front-hayley-coles-620x488.jpg)
Sterling Ruby and Barbara Kruger's LA dance works
The visual artists provide visual concepts for two pieces in the LA Dance Project's new Los Angeles residency
![The LA Dance Project's Reflections, featuring visual concepts by Barbara Kruger](/resource/kruger-reflections-620.jpg)
Classless still lifes inspired by Cuban shop windows
Catherine Losing and Anna Lomax's photo series Cuban Shop Windows places lowly products on a pedestal
![From Cuban Shop Windows by Catherine Losing and Anna Lomax](/resource/catherine-losing-cuba.jpg)
The Simpsons and abstract painting
In our book Painting Abstraction, Bob Nickas looks at how cartoons can raise and answer some serious questions
![From How to Look at Modern Art in America (1946) by Ad Reinhardt](/resource/whatdoyourepresent620.jpg)
Daniel Libeskind's Spanish spiral
The manufacturing firm, the Cosentino Group, commission an ornamental spiral from the New York architect
![Beyond The Wall by Daniel Libeskind](/resource/beyondthewall620.jpg)
Is smashing Ai Weiwei's vase a valid artistic protest?
A 52-year-old artist broke one of Ai's Colored Vases at the Pérez Art Museum to highlight the lack of local shows
![Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995) by Ai Weiwei](/resource/aiweiweivasedrop-620crop.jpg)
Our Editorial Director is Queen of the Cookbooks
WSJ Magazine describes how Emilia Terragni built Phaidon into a "prandial powerhouse"
![Phaidon publisher Emilia Terragni](/resource/emiliaportrait620.jpg)
Konstantin Grcic's clear glass furniture collection
The designer's sleek new Man Machine range pairs industrial strength panes with gas pistons
![Man Machine by Konstantin Grcic](/resource/manmachine1.jpg)
The hidden music in Harvey Quaytman
Could some regard for the painter's musical sensibility unlock additional meaning in his canvasses?
![Warsaw Thirds (1986) by Harvey Quaytman](/resource/089-warsaw-thirds-620crop.jpg)
A still-image celebration of golden-age cinemas
French photographer Franck Bohbot reflects cinema's golden age in his photographic series of movie theatres
![Orinda Theatre, Lobby, Orinda, California, 2014 © Franck Bohbot](/resource/franck-bohbot-cinemas-05.jpg)
Ferran Adrià's North American tour
The chef will undertake a five-city author tour to promote the publication of elBulli 2005-2011
![Ferran Adrià](/resource/eb-2005-2011-ferran-adria-portrait-crop620.jpg)
Is Jeff Wall scared of street photography?
"Probably" says the fine-art photographer, on the eve of his major new European retrospective
![In Front of a Nightclub (2006) by Jeff Wall](/resource/in-front-of-a-noightclub-2006-jeff-wall.jpg)
A Scottish homage to Le Corbusier
French artist and illustrator Benoit Challand combines two European heavyweights when drafting his perfect home
![Benoit Challand's Roost House](/resource/challand-roost-house-lead.jpg)
Ferran Adrià is a culinary Dali says the NY Times
The paper's art critic Roberta Smith, revels in the inspring Ferran Adrià's retrospective at the Drawing Center
![Illustration from Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity](/resource/adriadrawing2-620x445.jpg)
Phaidon's winning window display on show at Foyles
Emma Fearn and Sarah-Ines Dridje's design takes pride of place in Foyles Charing Cross Road window
![Foyles Phaidon window - photo by Aideen Greenlee](/resource/foyles-window-web.jpg)
Radiohead collaborate with Universal Everything
Digital studio creates strange new landscape for band's new app
![Polyfauna by Radiohead and Universal Everything](/resource/polyfaunacover.jpg)
Will Juice succeed where Zaha Hadid faltered?
Swansea’s shell-like Tidal Lagoon Centre set to be as controversial as Cardiff Bay Opera House?
![Swansea Offshore Tidal Lagoon Visitors Centre - Juice](/resource/sb-visitor-centre-arrival-and-rock-pools-jpg.jpg)
Alvar Aalto inspires new Design Museum identity
Bond's Jesper Bange leans on Finnish master for circular black, white and red designs for Helsinki museum
![Helsinki Design Museum branding - Bond](/resource/9bond-designmuseo-0.jpg)
Is this the new Rain Room?
New immersive artwork Momentum opens at Barbican's Curve gallery today, playing with light and sound
![Momentum (2014) by United Visual Artists](/resource/momentum-curve-barbican.jpg)
Richard Hamilton curator talks about new Tate show
Mark Godfrey, the man behind the Tate's blockbuster Hamilton show, walks and talks us through
![Swingeing London 67 (f) (1968–9) by Richard Hamilton. © The estate of Richard Hamilton](/resource/hamtilton-swingeinglondonlead.jpg)
How nuclear physics proved this 'Léger' is a fake
Radiocarbon tests conclude that cotton in canvas was cut at least four years after the artist’s death
![(not from) Fernand Léger's Contraste de forms series, started in 1913 - painter unknown](/resource/fakeleger.jpg)
Foster's controversial Apple store gets go ahead
Some moved walls and the reinstatement of a much loved piece of public art sees project approved
![Apple Store Union Square, San Francisco - Foster + Partners](/resource/newapple.jpg)
New show sheds light on Alvar Aalto
Over 100 light fittings designed by the Finnish architect go on show in Belgium beside a pontoon bridge
![Alvar Aalto: Lightings, at Le Grand Hornu](/resource/alvaraaltolight-lead.jpg)
Ghost Paris Metro stations to become galleries?
Mayoral candidate Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet wants to repurpose the city's unused stations if she wins
![A Paris Metro stop reimagined as a gallery, by architects Manal Rachdi and Nicolas Laisné](/resource/parismetroartgallerylead.jpg)
Maurizio Cattelan's New York fashion shoot
The artist comes out of retirement to style an eye-popping fashion story with the photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari
![Chanel shoes shot by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari for New York Magazine](/resource/cattelannymagchanel-lead.jpg)
Nancy Holt 1938 - 2014
New Mexico based artist and creator of Sun Tunnels, featured in Art & Place, dies after long illness
![Sun Tunnels1973-76 - Nancy Holt](/resource/sun-tunnels-2.jpg)